Don’t I Know You from Somewhere? This whole thing started when I played two video games, one after the other, that I imagine almost no one plays in sequence.…
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Faculty are often confronted by the ghosts of educators past. In the writing intensive courses I teach, those ghosts usually manifest in one phrase: “I’m a bad writer.” This…
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Problem-Based Learning: Six Steps to Design, Implement, and Assess
November 30, 2015 Vincent R. Genareo PhD and Renee Lyons
Twenty-first century skills necessitate the implementation of instruction that allows students to apply course content, take ownership of their learning, use technology meaningfully, and collaborate. Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is…
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Are We Preaching to the Choir about Student-Centered Learning Practices?
August 2, 2012 Howard N. Shapiro PhD
I’d like to report on a nonscientific study I have been conducting, without human-subjects approval or even a clear research plan. This won’t make it into the research journals,…
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"Learning is not a spectator sport. Students do not learn much just by sitting in class listening to teachers, memorizing prepackaged assignments, and spitting out answers. They must talk…
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For faculty looking to create a more learner-centered environment there are always a few bumps in the road. First they need to get used to no longer being the…
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Most of the time research evidence grows by bits and pieces—not all at once, and the evidence documenting the effectiveness of learner-centered approaches is no exception. It continues to…
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In Effective Teaching Strategies
The Benefits of Making the Shift to Student-Centered Teaching
August 23, 2010 Mary Bart
Would you let your students decide when you hold office hours? How about whether projects are worth more points than exams, or vice versa? Would you let your students…
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In every course there are certain core concepts and principles that are important for each student to learn, develop into useful knowledge, and apply appropriately. What’s not important is…
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Assessing the Degree of Learner-Centeredness
August 6, 2010 Michael Harris PhD and Roxanne Cullen PhD
Since Barr and Tagg introduced the concept of the instructional versus the learner-centered paradigms in 1995, higher education institutions across the country have adopted the concept in one form…